Elisa Longo Borghini
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Full name | Elisa Longo Borghini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Verbania, Italy | 10 December 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Trek–Segafredo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2011 | Top Girls–Fassa Bortolo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Hitec Products–Mistral Home | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Wiggle–Honda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019– | Trek–Segafredo[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elisa Longo Borghini (born 10 December 1991) is an Italian professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo.[3]
During her career, Longo Borghini has won two bronze medals in the road race at the Summer Olympic Games, taking third-place finishes in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.[4][5] She has also won two bronze medals in the equivalent event at the UCI Road World Championships, doing so in 2012 and 2020.[6][7]
Career[]
She won the bronze medal at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships in the Women's road race event.[8][9]
On 30 September 2014 it was announced she would ride for Wiggle–Honda in the 2015 season.[10] In August 2018 Longo Borghini confirmed that she would be joining the new Trek–Segafredo for 2019, after the Wiggle team had announced their demise.[11]
In July 2021, she competed in the 137-kilometre (85-mile)-long women's Olympic road race in Tokyo, and won the bronze medal.[12] She followed an attack by Annemiek van Vleuten with 2.1 kilometres (1.3 miles) to go, with van Vleuten securing second place and Longo Borghini securing third place.[12]
Personal life[]
She is the daughter of cross country skier Guidina Dal Sasso. Her older brother Paolo Longo Borghini also competed professionally as a cyclist,[9] between 2004 and 2014.
Major results[]
- 2011
- 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 6th Road race
- 8th Time trial
- 10th Omloop van het Hageland
- 2012
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 3rd Omloop van het Hageland
- 3rd Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 3rd GP de Plouay – Bretagne
- 5th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 7th Le Samyn des Dames
- 9th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1st Young rider classification
- 2013
- 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour of Zhoushan Island
- 2nd Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 3rd Chrono des Nations
- 4th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
- 4th Le Samyn des Dames
- 4th Tour of Flanders for Women
- 4th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 6th Ronde van Gelderland
- 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 9th Omloop van het Hageland
- 2014
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Trophée d'Or Féminin
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Prologue & Stage 3
- 2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames
- 3rd Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 3rd Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 4th Tour of Flanders for Women
- 5th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1st Italian rider classification
- 5th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 1st Young rider classification
- 6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 7th Ronde van Gelderland
- 7th GP de Plouay
- 7th Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen
- 8th Le Samyn des Dames
- 10th Omloop van het Hageland
- 2015
- 1st Overall La Route de France
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- 1st Tour of Flanders for Women
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Philadelphia Cycling Classic
- 3rd Strade Bianche
- 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 5th Marianne Vos Classic
- 5th Holland Hills Classic
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1st Italian rider classification
- 9th GP de Plouay
- 2016
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
- 1st Mountains classification Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 2nd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 2nd Philadelphia Cycling Classic
- Olympic Games
- 3rd Road race
- 5th Time trial
- UEC European Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 7th Time trial
- 3rd Overall The Women's Tour
- 4th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 4th Strade Bianche
- 5th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
- 5th Tour of Flanders for Women
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 9th Overall Belgium Tour
- 9th GP de Plouay – Bretagne
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 1st Strade Bianche
- 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1st Italian rider classification
- 3rd La Course by Le Tour de France
- 4th Ronde van Drenthe
- 4th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 5th Amstel Gold Race
- 9th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 10th Overall The Women's Tour
- 10th Tour of Flanders for Women
- 2018
- 1st Road race, Mediterranean Games
- 3rd Strade Bianche
- 4th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 5th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 6th Overall The Women's Tour
- 1st Mountains classification
- 6th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
- 7th Tour of Guangxi
- 9th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 9th Overall Women's Tour de Yorkshire
- 10th Overall Giro Rosa
- 1st Italian rider classification
- 10th Overall Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
- 10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 2019
- 1st Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT
- 2nd Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
- 3rd Mixed team relay, UEC European Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
- 5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 6th La Course by Le Tour de France
- 8th Overall Giro Rosa
- 1st Italian rider classification
- 8th Dwars door Vlaanderen for Women
- 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 10th Overall The Women's Tour
- 2020
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Road race, UEC European Road Championships
- 2nd Overall UCI Women's World Tour
- 2nd Overall Challenge by La Vuelta
- 2nd Clasica Femenina Navarra
- 3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Overall Giro Rosa
- 1st Italian rider classification
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 8
- Held after Stage 1
- 3rd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 4th Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
- 5th Strade Bianche
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 6th La Course by Le Tour de France
- 7th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
- 8th Tour of Flanders for Women
- 10th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2021
- 1st Mixed team relay, UEC European Road Championships
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 1st GP de Plouay
- 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa
- 2nd Strade Bianche
- Olympic Games
- 3rd Road race
- 10th Time trial
- 3rd Mixed team relay, UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Paris–Roubaix
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 3rd Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
- 4th Tour of Flanders for Women
- 7th Overall Challenge by La Vuelta
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Classics results timeline[]
Monuments results timeline | |||||||||||
Classic | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Tour of Flanders | 52 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | — | 17 | 8 | 4 |
Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Race did not exist | 9 | DNF | 9 | 25 | 3 | |||||
Paris–Roubaix | Race did not exist | NH | 3 | ||||||||
Classics results timeline | |||||||||||
Classic | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 5 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 37 | — | 10 |
Strade Bianche Donne | Race did not exist | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 2 | |||
Ronde van Drenthe | 24 | 20 | — | 16 | 25 | 69 | 4 | — | — | NH | — |
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio | 25 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 4 | — | 9 | 10 | 33 | NH | 1 |
Gent–Wevelgem | DNE | — | — | — | — | 15 | 42 | 72 | 77 | 10 | 33 |
Amstel Gold Race | Race did not exist | 5 | 12 | 14 | NH | 8 | |||||
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine | 14 | 76 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 5 | — | 11 | 20 | 5 | 3 |
Open de Suède Vårgårda | 38 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | DNF | Not held | |
GP de Plouay – Bretagne | 19 | 3 | DNF | 7 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 12 | 37 | 29 | 1 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
NH | Not held |
DNE | Did not exist |
References[]
- ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Chi è Elisa Longo Borghini, medaglia di bronzo nel ciclismo a Tokyo". Il Riformista (in Italian). 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ "Cycling Road LONGO BORGHINI Elisa - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (22 September 2012). "Vos solos to second road world championship". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "Van der Breggen claims historic double in Imola". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "Rachel Neylan finished second in world road cycle titles behind Marianne Vos". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
- ^ a b Bergonzi, Pier; Scognamiglio, Ciro (22 September 2012). "World Championships: Vos wins Gold Longo Borghini claims Bronze". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Archived from the original on 2012-09-25.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Longo Borghini signs with new Trek women's team in 2019". cyclingnews.com. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ a b Benson, Daniel (25 July 2021). "Olympics: Shock gold for Anna Kiesenhofer in women's road race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
External links[]
- Elisa Longo Borghini at Cycling Archives
- Elisa Longo Borghini at ProCyclingStats
- Elisa Longo Borghini at Cycling Quotient
- Elisa Longo Borghini at the Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Elisa Longo Borghini at Olympedia
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Italian female cyclists
- People from Verbania
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of Italy
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in cycling
- Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Cyclists of Fiamme Oro
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics